West Bengal
- Bangalore
CCB detains Bangladeshi nationals in Bengaluru for illegal stay
Bengaluru: In a crackdown on illegal immigration and human trafficking, the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) has detained 12 Bangladeshi nationals who were allegedly staying in the city illegally after entering India…
- India
WB: 20 injured as fire engulfs Haldia plant after pipeline leak
Haldia: About 20 people were injured after a major fire broke out at a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday, June…
- Kolkata
Stop selling halal, or leave: Kolkata meat sellers threatened
Kolkata: Bajrang Dal members allegedly threatened Muslim vendors to stop selling meat or relocate at the earliest in the Jadavpur area, Kolkata’s prominent suburban region. A video has surfaced where a Bajrang…
- India
ISKCON releases statement on relieving former VP Radharaman Das
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Sunday evening issued a statement, saying that the former Vice-President and spokesperson of the religious organisation’s Kolkata branch Radharaman Das has been sent on…
- India
Ex-The Telegraph editor’s passport renewal stalled after SIR deletion
Kolkata: Former editor of The Telegraph, R Rajagopal, finds himself in a “state of civic uncertainty”. His passport renewal has been put on hold after his name was found missing from Bengal’s Special…
- India
UCC Bill to be placed before Bengal Assembly on Monday
Kolkata: Less than two months after ending the TMC’s 15-year rule in West Bengal, the BJP government is likely to place before the Assembly on Monday, June 29, one of its most…
- News
Laws against ‘love jihad,’ religious conversion soon: CM Suvendu
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, June 26, said his government would bring in a stringent law against ‘land jihad’, ‘love jihad’ and religious conversion, besides implementing the Uniform…
- India
UCC to be implemented in Bengal by following procedures: Suvendu
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, June 26, said his government would implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state by following due legal procedures, similar to the…
- Hate Crime
Bengal’s minorities dealing with budget cuts, violence under BJP
Kolkata: The West Bengal as India knew it has drastically changed in the one month since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state Assembly elections. With a newly presented budget that…
- Kolkata
Eggs off the plate, politics on the menu in Bengal govt schools
Kolkata: The battle over West Bengal’s political future may have ended, but one of the assembly poll campaign’s most emotive themes has resurfaced in school kitchens. The BJP government’s decision to engage…
- India
WB: Congress suspends Ali Imran Ramz for ‘anti-party’ activities
The West Bengal Congress on Thursday suspended former MLA Ali Imran Ramz, popularly known as Victor, from his post and primary membership, over alleged violation of the party’s “constitution, discipline and organisational…
- Opinions
West Bengal’s political crisis and future of Indian federalism
In a democratic system, elections are premised on the idea that voters elect representatives who remain honest and accountable to the public, upholding the very mandate upon which they were chosen. However,…
- India
BJP govt trying to impose vegetarianism in Bengal: O’Brien
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) joint secretary Derek O’Brien on Wednesday, June 24, targeted the BJP over reports that eggs might be excluded from midday meals in West Bengal, alleging that the…
- Hyderabad
One arrested for possessing 4 gram heroin in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Police arrested an individual in Hyderabad’s Gandipet area for allegedly possessing nearly 4 gram of heroin. Acting on a tip off that drugs were being sold in the Labour Colony area,…
- Kolkata
Bengal’s BJP govt cuts funds for minority affairs, madrasas
Kolkata: The newly elected West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Monday, June 22, announced a significant budget cut of over 50 per cent for the Minority Affairs and Madrasa Education…